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Panthersfan

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I know we're not ranked. But from what I understood even with the departure of Mr. Oden, Mr. Conley, and Mr. Cook, we were still in great shape. I had heard we had one of the top recruiting classes in the nation (bringing in some trashy looking kids might I add). But we're not ranked, somebody fill me in? I know most of the story, ala Butlers return, but who's not coming back? Lewis was a senior? I'll just leave the rest of it blank not to embarrass myself.:roll2:


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Still in football mode here, but I have to think that any Thad Matta coached team is a 20 win tourney team, minimum. You don't lose Oden, Conley and Cook at get better, but the cupboards are far from empty. I was surprised OSU wasn't ranked, but I guess the basketball powers that be are still not willing to accept that as long as Matta's coaching the team is going to be a good one. Reputation continues to build.
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;972647; said:
Still in football mode here, but I have to think that any Thad Matta coached team is a 20 win tourney team, minimum. You don't lose Oden, Conley and Cook at get better, but the cupboards are far from empty. I was surprised OSU wasn't ranked, but I guess the basketball powers that be are still not willing to accept that as long as Matta's coaching the team is going to be a good one. Reputation continues to build.
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Yeah, I was about the same, I didn't expect us to be in the top 10, but not in the top 25 was surprising. We lost some good people, but it's not like that was all we were, Thad has built our basketball team to be something that people should respect in college basketball. Time will show that we weren't a three player team, we are a program to be respected.
 
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OCBucksFan;972651; said:
Yeah, I was about the same, I didn't expect us to be in the top 10, but not in the top 25 was surprising. We lost some good people, but it's not like that was all we were, Thad has built our basketball team to be something that people should respect in college basketball. Time will show that we weren't a three player team, we are a program to be respected.
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I agree, if OSU had come out in the top ten, I would have been surprised (about as surprised as I am that they're not ranked), but I do think they should be top 25. Of course, I say that having done precisely ZERO research, so.... take it with however many grains of salt you wish. :wink2:
 
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Panthersfan;972617; said:
I know we're not ranked. But from what I understood even with the departure of Mr. Oden, Mr. Conley, and Mr. Cook, we were still in great shape. I had heard we had one of the top recruiting classes in the nation (bringing in some trashy looking kids might I add). But we're not ranked, somebody fill me in? I know most of the story, ala Butlers return, but who's not coming back? Lewis was a senior? I'll just leave the rest of it blank not to embarrass myself.:roll2:


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First off Panther...what exactly do you mean by "trashy looking kids".... Anyways, put it this way, Matta has done more with less. Kosta Koufos will be at least 2nd All-Big 10 I'm predicting... same goes for Jamar Butler. Diebler will score at least 12 ppg, Hunter and Madsen will play tough down low. Lighty is expected to be a leader, and scorer. While the athleticism of Wallaceis freakish. All in all, I agree with BKB... 20 + wins and a tourney rub with a 5 seed or higher.
 
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I noticed that but was going to give the benefit of the doubt.



I am amazed that this team isnt pre-season top 25. Not to worry though after the second week we'll be top 20. What we lost in "star power" we're bringing back in with unity imo. Oden and Conley were special, period. They had a special relationship and made the guys around them better. They're gone. We're moving on. Kosta is going to be a Garnett type of center and his presence will be felt all around the rankings this season. This is also the year that Jamar Butler gets to be a little selfish. The guy is a player and alot of his contributions have gone a little unnoticed. This is his team this year and along with Lighty will be one of the best defensive backcourts in the nation. Hunter will be a force this season. Someone mentioned Diebler already. He's a sharpshooter that just needs the open looks. Twig and Madsen will give us quality minutes off the bench. We need to get that second guard spot sured up or wing if Lighty/Diebler play the 2 spot and we'll be just fine.

Matta will have them playing aggressively all season and I'd imagine the Bucks will be running alot more this year, similar to the UNC game last season.
 
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This team is young.....again. I am not really suprised we are not ranked in the first poll but it will not take long for Matta to get the chemistry and roles figured out. This team will be a 20 + winner and a tourney team that is for sure.....if Koufos makes the impact we think and we get some consistent scoring from Lighty/Diebler/Turner we could be in the hunt for a third consecutive Big Ten title.

Never underestimate Matta. The guy is a master of molding a team. :wink2:
 
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I think what we are experiencing with the ranking here is the other side of the coin from the benefit we enjoy in football. We will very rarely start unranked/lowly ranked in football simply because we are Ohio State (this isn't being arrogant because I'm not saying that we always deserve to be ranked/ranked highly, just that our name alone will get us ranked/ranked highly in almost any season). Conversely there is a perception that OSU is not a basketball school so we will not get the benefit of the doubt. Fortunately, in basketball the polls don't mean much. All that is important is that we win games.
 
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I think this year we will be as good as Thad can teach them. After last night, yea I know was an exhibition game, I do not think we look very good at all. We are very very young and Matta will have one of his toughness teaching jobs this year. I know everyone says it is early but I don't like the way they played at all last night. This season will be very very interesting.

They certainly are not top 25 caliber right now.They might not even be top 50 caliber today.
 
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